By RFE/RL’s Armenian ServiceAugust 19, 2016
YEREVAN — A Yerevan appeals court has granted bail to another leading member of the Heritage opposition party who was charged in connection with his participation at a recent rally.
The court on August 19 ordered David Sanasarian, who serves as a member of Yerevan’s municipal assembly as part of an opposition faction, to pay 1.5 million drams (about $3,150) before being freed pending his trial.
On August 17, the court released the deputy chairman of the Heritage party, Armen Martirosian, on bail.
Sansarian and Martirosian were arrested on July 29 along with another top Heritage party member and an opposition activist on charges of organizing mass disturbances during public protests on that day and remanded to pretrial detention earlier this month.
On August 16, the Heritage party announced it was pulling out of local elections scheduled for September-October because of the arrests of its leading members.